03390oam 2200721I 450 991078408200332120231106191032.01-134-63725-X1-134-63724-10-203-03054-01-280-33091-00-203-25807-X978661033091110.4324/9780203030547(CKB)1000000000254969(EBL)169018(OCoLC)263595061(SSID)ssj0000198935(PQKBManifestationID)11168841(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000198935(PQKBWorkID)10183882(PQKB)10407214(SSID)ssj0000281781(PQKBManifestationID)11213647(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281781(PQKBWorkID)10307870(PQKB)10925463(MiAaPQ)EBC169018(Au-PeEL)EBL169018(CaPaEBR)ebr10054953(CaONFJC)MIL33091(EXLCZ)99100000000025496920180331d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe material life of human beings artifacts, behavior, and communication /Michael Brian Schiffer with the assistance of Andrea R. MillerLondon ;New York :Routledge,1999.1 online resource (173 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-20033-4 0-415-20032-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-150) and index.What is human behavior? -- Artifacts and ~interpersonal~ communication -- Some first principles -- A general theory of communication -- Basic communication processes -- Explaining performance: a general model of receiver response.In this ground-breaking work, the distinguished anthropological theorist, Michael Brian Schiffer, presents a profound challenge to the social sciences. Through a broad range of examples, he demonstrates how theories of behavior and communication have too often ignored the fundamental importance of objects in human life. In The Material Life of Human Beings, the author builds upon the premise that the most important feature of human life is not language but the relationships which take place between people and objects. The author shows that artifacts are involved in all modes of human communication - be they visual, auditory or tactile. By creatively folding elements of postmodernist thought into a scientific framework, he creates new concepts and models for understanding and analyzing communication and behavior. Challenging established theories within the social sciences, Michael Brian Schiffer offers a reassessment of the centrality of materiality to everyday life.Material cultureHuman behaviorCommunication and cultureMaterial culture.Human behavior.Communication and culture.306Schiffer Michael B(Michael Brian),1947-1501473Miller Andrea R1582822MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784082003321The material life of human beings3865480UNINA